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astro-ph.HE2024

Detection of an Orphan X-ray Flare from a Blazar Candidate EP240709a with Einstein Probe

Mingjun Liu, Yijia Zhang, Yun Wang +49

Blazars are often observed to flare across multiple wavelengths. Orphan flares from blazars have been only detected a few times, providing an opportunity to understand the structur…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 21 cited

Einstein Probe discovery of EP240408a: a peculiar X-ray transient with an intermediate timescale

Wenda Zhang, Weimin Yuan, Zhixing Ling +136

We report the discovery of a peculiar X-ray transient, EP240408a, by Einstein Probe (EP) and follow-up studies made with EP, Swift, NICER, GROND, ATCA and other ground-based multi-…

astro-ph.HE2024

LEIA discovery of the longest-lasting and most energetic stellar X-ray flare ever detected

Xuan Mao, He-Yang Liu, Song Wang +40

The Lobster Eye Imager for Astronomy (LEIA) detected a new X-ray transient on 2022 November 7, identified as a superflare event occurring on a nearby K-type giant star HD 251108. T…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 34 cited

Triggering the Untriggered: The First Einstein Probe-Detected Gamma-Ray Burst 240219A and Its Implications

Yi-Han Iris Yin, Bin-Bin Zhang, Jun Yang +49

The Einstein Probe (EP) achieved its first detection and localization of a bright X-ray flare, EP240219a, on 2024 February 19, during its commissioning phase. Subsequent targeted s…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 34 cited

The unluckiest star: A spectroscopically confirmed repeated partial tidal disruption event AT 2022dbl

Zheyu Lin, Ning Jiang, Tinggui Wang +13

The unluckiest star orbits a supermassive black hole elliptically. Every time it reaches the pericenter, it shallowly enters the tidal radius and gets partially tidal disrupted, pr…